On 3 May 2011 15:05, Paul Sladen <ubu...@paul.sladen.org> wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2011, John Patrick wrote: >> On the mac I need to type alt+3 for a # to appear > > Try using Shift-3 or the key labelled '\'. > > Do either of those work? > > -Paul > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
Just tried. Key Combo Tried = Result ----- 3 = 3 Shift-3 = £ \ = \ Shift-\ = | Could it actually be a bug in the mappings? I would assume anyone developing scripts would need to use it and lots of programming languages use it as a comment. Cheers, John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/